Prompt: The Reality Check

Wanna know why your idea/product might fail? Use this prompt to spot blind spots before you build or launch.

Prompt / skill content

Act as a tech journalist writing a news-style post-mortem.
The product below failed 18 months after launch.

Write a short fake news article summarizing:

- What we misunderstood about our customers
- What we ignored or overcomplicated
- What decisions seemed smart but failed
- What we should’ve done to minimize the risk

List 10 clear reasons why the product failed.

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Here’s the product description: 
🔥 fill the details of your project below 🔥

Product in 1 sentence
What are you building, and what does it help someone do?

Target user
Who exactly is it for? (role + context + type of customer)

Problem
What painful problem are they dealing with today?

When it happens
When does this problem show up the most? (specific moment or situation)

Solution features
What does the product do? (3 to 6 features in plain language)

Current alternatives
What do they use instead today? (tools, workarounds, “do nothing”)

Why better / different
Why would someone choose this over the alternatives?

User flow (3 steps)
What are the 3 main steps a user takes from start to success?

Outcome
What changes for the user after using it? What’s the win?

Pricing model
How do you make money? (subscription, one-time, usage-based, etc.)

Biggest assumption
What must be true for this idea to work at all?